You don’t have to love every aspect of baking. Find what you love, what you’re good at, and just keep at it.
— can seem pretty intense to those who haven’t baked before. The precise measurements, folding techniques and fancy French words like"bavarois" can be pretty off-putting.
Having learned my lesson, I finally turned to a recipe to make my first cake . However, my next issue was that I thought that recipes only existed to be skim-read, and any additional notes were unnecessary . This was actually my audition cake for "Bake Off," based on a Kenyan safari. I went all out with the decoration, because I wanted to include as many decorating techniques as possible. It was quite emotional finishing this cake and seeing how far I'd come from my previous disasters.But, you may wonder, how did I have the patience to keep trouble shooting? The answer: I love food. I love cooking and the process of making something out of ingredients, and watching it come to life.